For the first time, such thrills and spills have been included as one of the highlights of the three-day festival, where the Kinabalu Four Wheel Drive Club (KFWDC) was invited by the organisers to stage the event this Saturday and Sunday.

Apart from that KFWDC has also decided to take the opportunity to make the event one of its noble charity contributions towards a charity home for the unfortunate during the opening ceremony, which will be graced by the Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman.

KFWDC President James Wong foresees that the three SS for hardcore and one and two SS for novice ladies and men respectively on the two-day event would certainly be the main attraction for spectators, foreign visitors and enthusiasts.

To make the competition more exciting and thrilling, several local hardcore, Borneo Safari and Rain Forest Challenge competitors will be in action trying to out-do each other with their machines and of course their overall safe driving skill in handling their vehicles through tough obstacles.

He said the competition will also give the public some insight of skill and safe handling of vehicles and knowledge in proper usage of recovery equipment when in difficulty over tough terrain or obstacles, designed not to make things too easy for the hardcore drivers.

However, for the novices’ event, the SS will be much easier but competitors need lots of concentration and of course some driving skill.

This sort of competition for the novices he added, will one way or the other give them all the experience and self-confidence in trying to become reliable drivers, where every measure will be taken when it comes to safety.